ROCK FALLS – A Bureau County woman is dead after a three vehicle crash south of Rock Falls Monday morning. The Illinois State Police say that around 10 AM they were called to Illinois Route 40 south of Star Road after a vehicle driven by a 69-year old Deer Grove woman traveling southbound reportedly sideswiped a tractor trailer driven by a 69-year old Missouri man. The southbound vehicle, according to authorities, lost control and collided head on with another northbound vehicle driven by 75-year-old Cheryl A. Wolf of Walnut. She was pronounced dead at the scene by the Whiteside County Coroner. Three passengers in Wolf’s vehicle were taken to an area hospital, as was the driver of the other vehicle in the head on collision. The crash remains under investigation by the Illinois State Police and the Whiteside County Coroner’s Office.
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